Bystack: Bytom’s Solution to Business Application and “The Blockchain Trilemma”

May 29, 2019

Consensus algorithms are the process applied by nodes to achieve final agreement on network states. In the blockchain sector, PoW and PoS are two major consensus algos. The proof of work (PoW) consensus algorithm is the most commonly used, which is featured by high security and decentraliz...

BBFT: a Hierarchical Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Algorithm

May 28, 2019

BBFT: a Hierarchical Byzantine Fault Tolerant Consensus Algorithm ByStack Team v1.0 1  Introduction Consensus is the process applied by nodes to reach final agreement on network states. Byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) consensuses are considered well suited for permission-ed ...